Dichomeris brachymetra

Dichomeris brachymetra is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923.[1] It is found in Peru.[2]

Dichomeris brachymetra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Dichomeris
Species:
D. brachymetra
Binomial name
Dichomeris brachymetra
Meyrick, 1923

The wingspan is about 12 mm (0.47 in). The forewings are pale ochreous irregularly irrorated (sprinkled) with grey and with the costal edge from the base to beyond the middle whitish very shortly strigulated with dark fuscous. The plical and first discal stigmata are dark fuscous, the plical somewhat anterior. The hindwings are light grey.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris brachymetra". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris brachymetra Meyrick, 1923". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 25 August 2020 – via FUNET.
  3. Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2: 620.


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